10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAVE SOMEONE IN THE LURCH»
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leave someone in the lurch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
leave someone in the lurch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
leave someone in the lurch work out. usage: often used with the phrase a false
sense of security (= a feeling that everything is under control when it really is not):
Don't let the computer lull you into a false sense of security - there are still lots of ...
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Idioms
in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
... Leave someone in the lurch means place someone in a difficult situation,
perhaps abandoning them instead of helping. The expression, which has been
traced back to 1596, comes from lourche, a French board game. It is not related
to the ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
This expression uses peace in the sense of “undisturbed? a usage dating from
the early 12005. Also see LEAVE sOMEONE ALONE; LET BE. leave someone in
the lurch . See LEAVE IN THE LURCH. leave someone to his or her resources
Let ...
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
... (uncount) o- phrase (informal) You leave someone in the lurch if you withdraw
your help or support and leave them in a difficult situation: He left me in the lurch
with all the cleaning to do. lure /kra(r)/ or /ljua(r)/ verb; noun t> verb: lures, luring,
...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
1993 James Merril A Dijjferent Person I might have waxed sentimental over the
ruins of Catullus's garconniére but places that 'breathe History' have always left
me cold. leave the door open for: see DOOR. leave someone in the lurch: see ...
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Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
leave someone high and dry to leave someone in a difficult situation without any
help o We were left high and dry without any money or credit cards. • leave
someone in the lurch to not do for someone what you had promised you would
do o ...
Cambridge University Press, 2008
... JïVP t 0 (bag j« "il^i baby The kids who broke the window ran away, except
Ismail who was left holding the bag. óóiÜI Jli leave someone in the lurch He did
not mean to leave you in the lurch. He thought the appointment had been
canceled.
... she was rather annoyed, to say the least. leave leave (someone) alone not to
disturb, upset or tease (someone): Why can't you leave your little brother alone?
leave (someone) in the lurch see lurch. leave of absence permission to be away
...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
essentially non-violent, but I'm afraid we cannot answer for the actions of some of
the lunatic fringe. lurch leave (someone) in the lurch (in/) to leave (someone) in a
difficult situation and without help: Soon after their child was bom he went off ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
2 to leave them or it alone. • leave for dead to abandon someone who is
assumed to be dead. • leave go colloq to let go. • leave someone holding the
baby to abandon them to an unpleasant task or fate. • leave someone in the lurch
see under ...
